Grammar - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

'Hardly had' and 'had better' when used doesn't make any sense. 'If' would have been used when the words after the blank were 'he had invited .......party'. Therefore option B is correct.
Had he invited me, I would have attended his birthday party.

The athletes who enter the games are called competitors.

The correct answer is B: could.
Let's understand why:

Understanding the Sentence:
The sentence "When you were young, . . . . . . you climb a tree?" is asking about your ability to climb a tree in the past.

Why 'could' is Correct:
* 'Could' indicates past ability. It means you had the ability or were able to do something in the past.
For example: "When I was young, I could run very fast."

Why the other options are incorrect:
* 'Did' is used for asking about actions or events that happened in the past, not abilities.
It doesn't fit grammatically in this case.
* 'How' is used for asking about the manner in which something is done, not the ability.
* 'Should' is used for giving advice or expressing obligation, which doesn't fit the context of the question.

Therefore, "When you were young, could you climb a tree?" is asking about your past ability to climb a tree.

Neither -- not the one nor the other of two people or things; not either.
They are two brothers, but neither of them is hardworking.

Wings of Fire is an autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam.

If a doctor arrives in time, the patient can be saved.

Few is a quantifier used with plural countable nouns. Little is used with singular uncountable nouns. Alphabets are plural countable nouns. "A few" means some. Option B is correct.
A few alphabets are readable in your book.

Few is a quantifier used with plural countable nouns. Little is used with singular uncountable nouns. Answers are plural countable nouns. "A few" means some. Option D is correct.
A few answers were given by you.

What are you doing now?

The correct answer is B: Like.

Let's understand why:

The sentence needs to compare ourselves to birds.

A: Before - This word refers to time and doesn't make sense in the sentence.
Example: Before eating, wash your hands.

B: Like - This word is used to make a comparison. "Like birds" means similar to birds. This fits the sentence perfectly.
Example: He runs like a cheetah.

C: As - While "as" can also be used for comparison, it needs more structure in the sentence (like "as birds do"). Simply "As birds" is grammatically incorrect in this context.
Example: Do as I say.

D: Without - This word means lacking something, which doesn't fit the comparison needed.
Example: Without water, we cannot survive.

So, the complete and correct sentence is: Like birds, can we fly? which means, "similar to how birds fly, can we also fly?"